Harvester-reel.



J. B. CAMPBELL.

HARVESTER REEL.- APPLICATION FILED .TULY 18, 1908.

907,966. Patented 1m29, 190s.

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J. E'. CAMPBELL. HARVESTER REEL. APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1908.

907,966.v Patented Dec. 29, 1908.,

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JAMES E. CAMPBELL, OF RIVERSIDEpCALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TOTHEODORE D. HEWITT, RJYERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

HARVESTER-REEL,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed July 18, 1908. Serial No. 444,219.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, JAMES E. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Riverside, in the county of Riverside and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHarvester- Reels, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had vtherein to the ac-V reels axis thereby passing beneath thegrain to belifted. In this position-theyare carried on bodily about thereels axis to pre'- sent the grain to `the cutters, :and y as they againrise to the uppermost portion of theirv paths, they are rotated back toinitial position, ready -for again entering the fallenvgrain.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the reeland the parts which support it.V Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2,Fig. 1,7.l0oking towardv the left. Fig. 3 isaseotionfon the line 3 3,Fig.` 1, looking toward the right. Fig-4 is a section on the line 4 4,Fig.` 2., ylooking Ato the left, and showing only a part of the reel. Inthese, views, A," A represent reelesupporting members of a harvester, orfthe like, and B, B bearings fixed thereon for holding the usualhorizontal reel shaft C-,upon which are ad'ustably ,fixed a seriesv ofskeleton, wheel-like disks, D, perpendicular to the shaft. Preferably,to these disks respectively are rigidly secured equally spaced radialarms E bearing'atY their ends beaters or bars, F parallel to the reelshaft. Between the sets of armsE andpreferably midway between them,radial rods G arev revolubly mounted in the disks, respectively, and theouter end portion of each rod is first bent laterally in one directionand then curved back inthe contrary ,direction so that itslong, straightand pointed terminal portion G is at right angles withthe body of-therod, partly upon opposite, ,s;ides :offitsnaxis, and when the rod is soturned that this terminal portion is parallel to the reels axis at adistance therefrom approximately the same as the bars F. When howeverthe rod is so turned. that this terminal portion is in the plane of thecorresponding disk, the sharp -lpoint projects far outside the path ofsaid ars'.V From each rod G just outside the correspondingdisk a shortrigid arm H projects and all thesearms which belong to the same linealset of rods are connected and held par'- allel by links l pivoted to thearms respectively and engaged with each other in succession by `hooksl.' Y u Each ofthe rods, G, which are mounted in Vthe disk at one end ofthe reel, is also provided with a rigid arm H extending out- Ward beyondthe end offfthe reel, and in the lower forward quadrant of the rotarypath of these arms a cam'or roller J is mounted on a fixed support Jsecured ito the reel-supporting portion fof the frame. r i

Each .of the-rods G has its hook G" in the plane of its -disk,as itdescends .oni the front ofthe reel, withthe point projecting outside'the Vpathvv ofthe reel bars F, and conse uently roller J these pointsare very near the ground. As saidarm in advancing is ushed aside by the,roller, the rods G and hoo is G of the corresponding lineal set arerotatedapproximately 90, the points of the hooks rising and the severalparts G `moving beneath down grain and lifting it as they swing intoalinement in the path of the bars F to form anearly continuous reel bar,as seen in the lower part of Fig. 1. While in this position thehooksmove on bodily with the rotating reel to riseuponthe rear ,side'ofthe latter after passingthe cutting devices (not shown) During theirreturn to the front `side of the reeL'thehooks are all again turned intothe planes of their disks by means of a cam or deflecting spring memberK fixed to the frame in position to push aside the ri id arms Lprojecting from the several rods carried by one of the end disks,theaction being strictly lanalogous to the action of the arms H androller J atthe opposite end ofthe reel, although the rotation of therods is in the contrary direction, and the hooks of the line eal sets,in succession, are thereby returned to the, plane of their disks readyfor entering the fallen-grain; j .1 l 4;;ThatthehookSGf may not beturned be? yond alining position by the roller J, I rovide suitable stopdevices, shown for i ustration as lugs M on the end disk in the path ofthe arms H, andy to limit the contrary lat the instant when the arm Hstri ies the movement the ends of the link hooks I are bent intoposition to meet the corresponding arms II. It has not been foundnecessary practically to provide special means for resisting movementfrom either limit of the rotary motion of the rods G, and therefore nospecial devices are shown.

It is obvious that the operation of the hooks for picking up grain isnot dependent upon the presence of the reel bars F, which when present,act upon erect grain as the like bars do with an ordinary reel. It isalso evident that in case it is desired to use the novel reel withoutthe special picking up function, it is only necessary to remove theshifting devices J, K and swin'g each lineal set of hooks into aliningposition, as shown in the lower part of Fig. 1.

What I claim is:

1. A harvester reel provided at its periphery with grain lifting hooksmounted for turning from a position approximately tangential to thatperiphery to a position approximately parallel thereto, substantially asset forth.

2. A reel for harvesters or the like provided at its periphery withgrain lifting hooks, in series lines parallel to the reel shaft andmounted for turning from approximately tangential position toapproximate parallelism to the reel, and combined with means for atdesired intervals changing them from one position to the other.

3. The combination with a reel provided with grain lifting hooks mountedfor turning, of means for causing the hooks to stand in vertical planesas they are carried into the grain by the rotation of the reel and toturn automatically out of said planes as they near the ground in movingwith the reel.

4. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with a reelshaft, of a grain lifting hook carried by the shaft and mounted. forrotation, upon an axis transverse thereto, from a plane perpendicular tothe shaft to a plane approximately parallel thereto, means for causingsuch rotation when the hook in revolving bodily with the shaft closelyapproaches its lowest position, and means for restoring the hook tooriginal position before it again enters the grain.

5. In a reel of the class described, the combination with a revolublymounted horizontal reel shaft, of a series of revolubly mounted radialrods carried by the shaft and each having its free outer end portionbent laterally to lie in a line approximately at right angles to theradial portion, means for turning said end portions in to planesapproximately perpendicular to said shaft as they rotate with thelatter, and means for turning them to position parallel to the shaft asthey near the lowest point in their paths, respectively.

6. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with a revolublymounted reel shaft of series of like radial rods provided with hooks attheir outer ends and mounted at intervals along said shaft in the sameradial plane, to rotate upon their own axes and bodily with the shaft,and means whereby said hooks are simultaneously turned through angles ofapproximately at intervals as they move bodily about the axis of thereel shaft.

7. The combination with a reel shaft, of series of spaced radial rodsprovided with hooks at their outer ends and mounted upon said shaft torotate about their own axes and to revolve bodily with the shaft, eachseries consisting of a plurality of rods lying in the, saine radialplane, means for turning the hooks of each series to forwardly-pointingposition before they enter the grain, and means for turning the hooks ofeach series to laterally-pointing position as they closely approaeh thelowest point in their path.

8. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with reelsupporting` members and a reel shaft revolubly supported thereby, of aseries of spaced reel bars parallel to the shaft and carried thereby,peripheral grain lifting hooks arranged in series alternalingI with saidbars, means for turning the hooksof each series to forwardly-pointingposition before they descend into the rain as the reel rotates, andmeans for turning them to an angle with such position as they approach,in the grain, their lowermost position.

9. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with aliorizontal revolubly mounted reel shaft, of a series of spaced disksperpendicular to the shaft and fixed thereto, a set of spaced radialrods revolubly mounted in each disk and each having at its outer end along hook approximately al right angles with the remaining or bodyportion, devices connecting the mii-responding rods of all the disks torotate together about their respective axes, rigid arms projectingrrespectively from one terminal rod of eaeh series of corresponding rods,a dellectingr device 'lixed in the common path of said arms, analogousarms projecting respectively from the opposite terminal rod of eachseries, and a defleeting device in the common path of the arms lastmentioned.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. CAMPBELL.

IVitnesses:

THEO. D. HEwrTT, ALFRED OsBRINx.

